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SDFemDom4cuck -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/10/2010 11:41:30 PM)

Fondant pretty much tastes like.....

cardboard with some blarghhh mixed in and perhaps a faint aftertaste of ass.

It's hard to describe beyond nasty. Even the flavored fondant that I've tried on various cakes throughout the years still pretty much tastes gross. I always have hope though that this time will be different...but it never is. Sigh.



Aileen1968 -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/11/2010 12:09:09 AM)


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ORIGINAL: Jeffff

endanger.....enlightenment

beautiful......


Jeff


Congrats



Jeffff -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/11/2010 6:09:57 AM)

LOL.... you bitch


Jeff



ShaharThorne -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/11/2010 6:38:06 AM)

I say got to a bakery to buy a cake so you won't go crazy trying to work with fondant.

Heck, even Wally World has cakes on sale...(especially the red velvet cakes).

I usually make my cakes out of a box and the last one was so rich (triple chocolate fudge with the same kind of frosting), I almost went into a sugar stupor.



LaTigresse -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/11/2010 6:46:59 AM)

Now I want cake.



Jeffff -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/11/2010 6:48:10 AM)

Yeah..... a real cake. Apparently, I don't want any of that shitty fondant on it.


Jeff



LaTigresse -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/11/2010 6:50:09 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Jeffff

Yeah..... a real cake. Apparently, I don't want any of that shitty fondant on it.


Jeff


No, no fondant on my cake. Just good old FROSTING. Nothing fancy, just a nice moist chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. Even the stuff in the plastic can would do. Sounds better than cardboard fondant.



LanceHughes -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/11/2010 6:52:50 AM)

<------ Gay man with some prizes at state level for cake decorating says, "Structure, structure, structure."  (Maybe that's why gay men are good at these kinda things: We have the female interest in esthetics AND the male interest in the mechanics.)

Anyway, only one other poster mentioned structure.  You have planned a wedding cake.  WAY advanced.  You WILL need Wilton's plastic towers and supports.  I make my own from dowel rods and cardboard.  AND a "Mad Hatter" with angles is rated "SUPER EXPERT" (And DAMN hard to cut / serve.)

REAL fun idea for you would be take a motif that your daughter likes and make a "cut-out" cake.  Only one layer, but you cut the layers into shapes and assemble on a foil-covered piece of cardboard.  Frost with PLAIN ol'buttercream and decorate as desired.  Here's a billion ideas http://www.coolest-birthday-cakes.com/cake-decorating.html  I especially like the pirate cakes.

As to "real smooth" - HEY it's a birthday cake! 

And here's the MAIN point - why do you think that weddings have caterers AND cake makers?  Because elaborate cakes take full time.  Catering takes full time.  Since you are a good cook, concentrate on the other dishes.  Even if doing coffee and punch, you still have decorations, invites, etc.....  Here's an idea: get a friend/relative to make the cake. Another idea: Sheet cake UNDECORATED - very cheap and then YOU make it YOURS by decorating!

I'l close as I opened: "Structure, structure, structure." (and that's the voice of experience speaking - LOL!)



Aileen1968 -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/11/2010 6:54:05 AM)

It appears that I am a masochist because I've decided to do the damn fondant cake...going to use this recipe for the fondant. The party isn't until the 24th, but I will post pics of the cake when it's done.

Edited to add after reading Lance's post...I decided to not go with a mad hatter cake. Even I know my limitations...going to be a simple round three layer cake.



LaTigresse -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/11/2010 6:59:56 AM)

I am sure it will be beautiful. You are creative and no wussy. It will look fabulous.



LanceHughes -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/11/2010 7:02:10 AM)

And since you are a masochist, this sadist will give you his prize winning tip for fondant!!! What's the motif?



Aileen1968 -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/11/2010 7:14:38 AM)

I was going to cover the layers with white fondant and then decorate them with different sizes of fondant polka dots in pink, violet and mint green with little balls of those colors at the base of each layer. I already have my dowels and support structure planned out.



LanceHughes -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/11/2010 7:17:09 AM)

Okay re-read OP. Basically abstract.  Here's my secret!  But first, I read 6 layers totalling 12 inches!!!! no fewer than 6 dowel rods (each 6" long) to be hammered into first three layers, carboard round on top of those dowel rods (really any size - no less than 1/4') then next three layers.

You've got three colors of fondant, right.....  so instead of one huge, white sheet, cut wedges. Take the cake pans as your model to make a pattern.  Stack em up and use paper grocery bag to make a make a 1/6th wedge shape.  It will NOT have straight sides!!!  (No gay man would use this method if it did!!! LOL!)  Okay.... roll fondant, cut 2 wedges of each of the 3 colors. Start at top and GLUE fondant to cake using melted jam/jelly (microwave the glass bottle WITHOUT lid.  Hide joints with water - use fingers.)

I want pictures AS you go - that's the fun to me..... finished is nice, but it's the making that I like.  BUT difficult to remember to stop and take pics..... friend / relative is good for this.

ETA: hide joints with STRINGS of beads in 3 colors - alternateing  OR since you have two colors coming together, use strings of beads of third color...... yeppers, that's it and then hearts and ribbons of two colors on back-ground of third color.

Glue decos on with melted jelly 

Polka dots to hide seams.


If too much going on, cut 6 WHITE wedges and continue as suggested.



Wolf2Bear -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/11/2010 7:46:54 AM)

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ORIGINAL: LanceHughes

Start at top and GLUE fondant to cake using melted jam/jelly



TIP:  Best to use a slightly thinned down apple jelly or peach jelly. If you use a jelly made from a dark fruit such as raspberry or strawberry, you run the risk of the color "bleeding" through the rolled fondant.

TIP:  When working with rolled fondant....make sure your finger nails are trimmed right down or else you will either poke a hole through the fondant or leave marks on the surface of the fondant as you cover the cake.

~Bear....certified cake decorator~



Jeffff -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/11/2010 8:08:26 AM)

Wow, you gay guys really know your cakes.



Jeff



divi -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/11/2010 8:09:33 AM)

I want cake !!!



lusciouslips19 -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/11/2010 9:18:43 AM)


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ORIGINAL: Jeffff

Wow, you gay guys really know your cakes.



Jeff


Its part of their contract.[:D]



divi -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/11/2010 9:20:02 AM)

Cake decorating and hair



lusciouslips19 -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/11/2010 9:20:57 AM)


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ORIGINAL: divi

Cake decorating and hair


Home decorating too!



divi -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/11/2010 9:22:07 AM)

can't forget fashion .. well guess on CM you can.



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